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Mass evacuations, airstrikes, ground fighting and extensive power outages have made reporting on the war in Gaza and Israel enormously dangerous. At least 11 journalists \u2014 nine Palestinian, one Lebanese and one Israeli \u2014 have been confirmed dead this week, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists<\/a>. At least one Israeli journalist has been reported missing, and many others have been injured.<\/p>\n The committee is investigating additional reports of the journalists killed, wounded and missing in or near Gaza. On Friday, a Reuters videographer<\/a> was killed and at least six other journalists were injured amid shelling in Lebanon, according to the committee.<\/p>\n Sherif Mansour, coordinator for the Middle East at the Committee to Protect Journalists, said journalists in Gaza were trying to get information out while also scrambling to evacuate and protect their families. Many have lost their houses and offices, and some are working in a hospital because it\u2019s the only place where they can get electricity and internet.<\/p>\n \u201cThey are the most vulnerable, but they are also the most needed right now,\u201d Mr. Mansour said. \u201cThey are our eyes on what\u2019s happening.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n With his phone battery running low on Friday morning, Mohammed Mhawish, a freelance reporter, sent a WhatsApp message from Gaza City: \u201cIt is very tragic and intense here,\u201d Mr. Mhawish, 24, wrote. \u201cIf I go absent for a long time, it\u2019s because my phone and internet banks are running out soon.\u201d<\/p>\n On Thursday, Mr. Mhawish reported for Al Jazeera<\/a> on the lifesaving machines at overrun hospitals that were running out of spare fuel, after Gaza\u2019s sole power station shut down because of Israel\u2019s siege. The next day, Mr. Mhawish and his family were trying to find safety, he said, but they had \u201cnot been able to commute to where we should be.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDo not know what will happen then or how we can stay reporting,\u201d he said, later adding: \u201cI really can\u2019t text now just scared.\u201d<\/p>\n What was a challenging reporting environment in Gaza early this week became nearly impossible by Friday as the Israeli military ordered the evacuation of more than a million people from the north of the densely crowded strip. Saeed al-Taweel, editor in chief of Al-Khamsa News, was killed in Israeli air attacks early in the week, and mourners carrying his body placed on it one of the blue helmets<\/a> worn by press.<\/p>\n \u201cYou never want to become the story,\u201d Adnan Elbursh, a reporter for BBC Arabic, said in a broadcast<\/a> as he walked through a hospital in Gaza. \u201cIn my city, I feel helpless, as the dead were given no dignity and the injured are left in pain.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n In Israel, too, reporters are covering the horrors engulfing their own families. They have written about attempts to save their own children<\/a>, efforts to free friends taken hostage and hours spent huddled with toddlers inside the safe rooms of their homes<\/a>. Civilians have found themselves transformed into war correspondents, as they dig for information while also trying to protect loved ones around the region gripped by fear and loss.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n